Who can benefit ?
Blocking Out Noise
Noisy Neighbours or a Noisy Neighbourhood. If you have this problem, you will know the hideous feeling of lying awake listening to a party, or a TV, or people shouting, or a dog barking.
Or perhaps your neighbours aren't as inconsiderate... they just have wooden floors and heavy footsteps, or children that like to run around at the crack of dawn? Perhaps you live by a busy road and the constant ebb and flow of traffic is driving you nuts? Perhaps you live under a flight path and your peace is randomly invaded by aeroplane noise? Or perhaps the noise is in your own home - the fridge starts humming intermittently and you find yourself waiting for the hum every 10 minutes until 3am?
You can block out annoying noise with a white noise machine!
Babies and Sleep
Helping Your Baby Sleep. For anyone having a tricky time getting their baby to sleep and stay asleep, a white noise machine can really help. Babies find white noise soothing because it is similar to the sound a baby hears in the womb. You might recall the rushing sound when a midwife listens to your baby's heartbeat - that is your baby's very own white noise for nine months! I have found that by using white noise babies sleep soundly, especially if their room is as dark as possible and they are taken in there and settled before they become overtired. Even an overtired, colicky baby can be distracted and soothed by white noise.
The added bonus is that unwanted noise won't disturb your baby. So many times before I got my first white noise machine I would spend ages settling my baby, only for a neighbour's dog to start barking, or someone to knock the door. The Marpac meant I could create a peaceful space for my baby - and knowing that nothing would wake her really helped my stress levels, which in turn made naptime and bedtime much more enjoyable.
I have also found that using the Marpac quickly became part of our routine and became a cue for sleep - switch it on and the children automatically start to relax. And of course because noise can't disturb them, I can get on with everything else I have to do and know that I'm not going to wake them up.
Last year I switched my 3-year-old daughter's Marpac 980A for a Marsona 600A - she slept for 14 hours! Needless to say, she still has a Marsona 600A in her room at night! And if you're worried it might become something your child 'needs' to sleep, we haven't found this a problem at all, there is no white noise machine at Grandma's house and she sleeps just fine there!
Snoring
Helping Yourself Get Some Sleep. If you are suffering with a partner who snores, you know the hideous feeling of lying awake while someone else is not only sleeping soundly, but is completely oblivious to your suffering.
The Marpac 980A or Marsona 600A white noise machine (sound conditioner) can help. It won't block snoring out completely because the snorer is so close to you, but it will create a distracting background noise and muffle the sound of the snoring. With snoring it's often the abrupt nature of the noise against the quiet of the room that causes you to wake, so the white noise creates a constant background sound that takes some of the harshness out of the 'snore'. You will also find that if you get to sleep before the snorer, it will be a lot harder for their snoring to wake you up, especially if you have the machine on your bedside table.
Shift Workers
Do you work irregular hours and need to sleep at irregular times? Do you need to sleep during the day? The Marpac 980A or Marsona 600A white noise machine (sound conditioner) will help! There is nothing worse than trying to sleep during the day if you keep being disturbed. Instead of lying awake listening to traffic, or doors banging, or next door's radio, just switch on your white noise machine. You will hear a fan sound that blocks out all the annoying noises and allows you to fall asleep. And, after a few days, you will fall asleep much quicker because you know you aren't going to be disturbed.
Do you disturb your partner when you go to or return from work? They can use the Marpac 980A or Marsona 600A too. If your partner switches the white noise on before they fall asleep, it will muffle the sound you create by coming home or getting up, making it much more unlikely you will disturb them.
Soundproof at Work
Using White Noise in the Workplace. The Marpac 980A and Marsona 600A sound conditioners have many applications in the workplace - creating privacy and a peaceful working environment. The consistent sound of the white noise creates privacy by blocking out confidential conversations. For example in a therapy suite, placing a Marpac 980A or Marsona 600A in a waiting room creates privacy in treatment rooms. The people waiting can only hear white noise (which is very subtle, they may not even be aware of it).
If you have an office and need a meeting room soundproofed, you can install one or more white noise machines in the areas outside the meeting room. A lot more cost effective and less disruptive than installing soundproof insulation. White noise is also pleasant in an office as it helps control intermittent noise, such as conversation or keyboards clicking, helping colleagues to concentrate without distraction. For anyone that works from home, a Marpac 980A or Marsona 600A sound conditioner can block out unwanted noise from other family members, so that you can concentrate in peace. In call centres, a white noise machine in a cubicle creates a sound buffer, enabling colleagues to work without disturbing each other.
White noise can also be used to add sound to an area that is otherwise too silent.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus is such a frustrating condition, made worse at night when you can't fall asleep because of the annoying noise that you can't get rid of. The Marpac 980A white noise machine (sound conditioner) can really help. It creates a fan-like sound that can be adjusted to a frequency that suits you. This constant and gentle background sound distracts from the noise in your ears and allows you to fall asleep. It's that simple.
White noise sound conditioners have been used in the USA for decades, and now they are available in the UK. The Marpac 980A is the best-selling machine in the US. Because we are the only company dedicated to white noise in the UK, we can give you the best prices and the fastest delivery!
